In The States

Total Investment

$31,057,251

Potential Jobs Created*

1,548

Click to see Tennessee details

Total Investment

$21,787,712

Potential Jobs Created*

1,089

Click to see South Carolina details

Total Investment

$614,368,522

Potential Jobs Created*

30,678

Click to see North Carolina details

Total Investment

$431,645,272

Potential Jobs Created*

20,080

Click to see Georgia details

Total Investment

$1,591,040,094

Potential Jobs Created*

51,102

Click to see Florida details

Total Investment

$740,613,476

Potential Jobs Created*

37,111

Click to see Alabama details

Several states have recently updated telecom laws, which Citizens for a Digital Future (CDF) believes will encourage broadband growth and investment. As such, CDF is tracking broadband and technology investment announcements those states have seen since they've updated their telecom laws. Applying data that claims "additional $5 billion investment in broadband creates 250,000 jobs"*, CDF estimates what broadband investment announcements could mean for these states from a job perspective.

Click on a state below to find some of the recent announcements and potential jobs that could come from investment.

*Numbers are estimated based on a report by Communications Workers of America that cites studies that "show that each additional $5 billion investment in broadband creates 250,000 - jobs 100,000 direct and indirect jobs from telecom and IT equipment spending plus another 150,000 in "network effects" spurring new online applications and services." To see the CWA report, please go here.